
Intelligence Power in Practice
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 31. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-4744-9955-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume draws on Herman's professional experience and personal recollections to examine the past and present of British intelligence. In twenty-one chapters he offers an insider's perspective on the Cold War intelligence contest against the Soviet Union and its continuing legacy today. This includes proposals for intelligence ethics and reform in the twenty-first century, and the declassified copy of his evidence to the 2004 Butler Review. Herman also discusses the role of personalities in the British intelligence community, producing sketches of Cold War contemporaries on the JIC and several Directors of GCHQ. The combination of operational experience and academic reflection makes this volume a unique contribution to intelligence scholarship.
Michael Herman (1929-2021) was the world's leading intelligence practitioner-academic. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972-75, and Head of several GCHQ Divisions in the 1970s-80s. After his professional retirement, he was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group.
Michael Herman (1929-2021) was the world's leading intelligence practitioner-academic. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972-75, and Head of several GCHQ Divisions in the 1970s-80s. After his professional retirement, he was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group.
Reviews / Votes
As one of the first intelligence practitioners from the cold war to speak openly about his experiences, Michael Herman taught something to every intelligence historian. The essays in this collection illustrate his contribution to the field. They should be read by anyone interested in intelligence history. -- John Ferris, University of CalgaryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
654 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-9955-2 (9781474499552)
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Persons
Michael Herman was an intelligence practitioner, and author of the acclaimed Intelligence Power in Peace and War (1996) among other works. Among his senior roles during a thirty-five year career in Her Majesty's Civil Service, he was Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee from 1972-75, and Head of several GCHQ Divisions in the 1970s-80s. After his professional retirement, he was a Gwilym Gibbon Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Intelligence Group. David Schaefer is a researcher in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Ormond College in the University of Melbourne, and a Research Associate at Asialink Diplomacy.
Author
Researcher in the Department of War StudiesKing's College London
Content
Foreword by Lord Butler
Preface
Part 1 Secrecy and Liberal Society
1. Profiles in Intelligence
2. Rush to Transparency
3. GCHQ De-unionisation
4. Intelligence and Ethical Foreign Policies
Part 2 The Cold War
5. Intelligence as Threats and Reassurance
6. What Difference Did It Make
7. The Intelligence War - Reflections on Sigint
8. National Requirements
9. Manual Morse and the Intelligence Gold Standard
10. Teufelsberg
Part 3 Organisation and Reform
11. 1945 Organisation
12. Post-Cold War Issues and Opportunities
13. Evidence to Butler
14. Joint Intelligence and Butler
15. Butler Reviewed
Part 4 Personalities in British Intelligence
16. Recruitment in 1945 and 'Peculiar Personal Characteristics'
17. Up from the Country
18. JIC 1972-75
19. GCHQ Directors
20. Harry Burke and Able Archer
21. A Special London Contribution
Preface
Part 1 Secrecy and Liberal Society
1. Profiles in Intelligence
2. Rush to Transparency
3. GCHQ De-unionisation
4. Intelligence and Ethical Foreign Policies
Part 2 The Cold War
5. Intelligence as Threats and Reassurance
6. What Difference Did It Make
7. The Intelligence War - Reflections on Sigint
8. National Requirements
9. Manual Morse and the Intelligence Gold Standard
10. Teufelsberg
Part 3 Organisation and Reform
11. 1945 Organisation
12. Post-Cold War Issues and Opportunities
13. Evidence to Butler
14. Joint Intelligence and Butler
15. Butler Reviewed
Part 4 Personalities in British Intelligence
16. Recruitment in 1945 and 'Peculiar Personal Characteristics'
17. Up from the Country
18. JIC 1972-75
19. GCHQ Directors
20. Harry Burke and Able Archer
21. A Special London Contribution